River Oaks

Key Data

Every River Oaks figure below comes from a named public dataset, with the survey year and a link to the source table beside each value.

Renting in River Oaks

The sourced median gross rent here is $1,865 per month (as of 2023). Renters dodge the parcel-level property-tax question but not flood diligence or commute reality, so both still apply. Where this fits against the other communities: the cost-of-living hub, and the budget sizer filters every covered community by a rent number you choose.

School District for River Oaks

Homes in River Oaks fall within Houston Independent School District. Sampling points about a mile apart across the community landed in that same district each time, though individual campus attendance zones still vary within any district.

Census TIGERweb "Unified School Districts" point-in-polygon at the community centroid (29.74821, -95.41889); district GEOIDs [Houston Independent School District=4823640]. Sampled 5 points ~1mi apart: all fell in Houston Independent School District.

The Texas Education Agency's 2024-25 accountability rating for that district is HOUSTON ISD B (score 84). That is the DISTRICT's rating, an average across every campus in it, not a rating of the specific schools a given address is zoned to.

Campus grades are counts of individual schools at each letter, so a district rated B can contain both A and D campuses, so check the specific campuses an address is zoned to rather than reading the district letter as a description of them. Verify on txschools.gov · retrieved 2026-08-22

Walkability in River Oaks

River Oaks scores 16 on the EPA National Walkability Index (a 1–20 scale), with block groups across the community ranging from 11.8 to 17.8. The index is published per census block group, which is much smaller than River Oaks, so the the range matters as much as the midpoint, because parts of a community can be far more walkable than others.

A US federal measure (public domain), sampled at the community centroid and four points about a mile out. This is not Walk Score and is not comparable to it.

Flood Zone in River Oaks

The FEMA flood map covering River Oaks shows Zone X (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD), which is outside the Special Flood Hazard Area, so flood insurance is not federally required. Sampling points about a mile apart across the community returned this same designation each time.

FEMA NFHL point query at the community centroid (29.74821, -95.41889). FIRM panel 48201C. Verified by sampling 5 points ~1mi apart: all returned zone X. Check a specific address on the FEMA Map Service Center before relying on this. River Oaks spans multiple zones and a property two streets away can carry a different designation and a different insurance requirement. Full flood-map walkthrough →

Commute from River Oaks to Major Houston Job Centers

River Oaks sits 3 miles from Chevron, its nearest major employer campus, and 34 miles from Daikin, its farthest. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates; the minute ranges are estimates, not measured drive times.

Method: great-circle distance between River Oaks and each campus, converted at ~45mph effective speed. Real I-10, 290 and 59 traffic can exceed the bad-morning column. Treat these as a shortlist filter, not a routing answer.